Services
For
Sellers,
Jason Lewis provides a pre-lisiting Seller's
Home Inspections (also known as a Pre-Listing Home Inspection) prior
to even listing the home, providing a double-fold benefit to Sellers.
The Seller's Home Inspection better enables a Seller to properly price
the home from the getgo, and to defend the listed price after the
Buyer's inspection reveals the issues. The Seller's Inspection gives the
Seller the knowledge of what aspects of the home maybe open to subsequent
criticism by potential buyers and may otherwise defeat a sale. By obtaining
their own pre-emptive Seller's Home Inspection, Sellers also avoid
costly surprises found during the Buyer's subsequent inspection, they gain the
opportunity to make a timely repair of any surfacing problems, if they so
choose, before they can defeat a contract. The Seller's Home Inspection
puts time and knowledge on the Seller's side.
17 Reasons Why You, the
Seller, Should Obtain a Seller's Pre-Listing Inspection PRIOR to Putting Your
Home on the Market
1. You can choose a certified
NACHI inspector, rather than be at the mercy of the Buyer’s choice of
inspector.
2.
You may schedule the Inspection at your convenience.
3.
Your Pre-listing Inspection can alert you to any items of immediate concerns,
such as Radon, Gas, or active Termite Infestation, before the Buyer does.
4.
You can assist your Inspector during the inspection, something normally not
done during a Buyer’s Inspection.
5.
You have the opportunity to have the Inspector correct any misstatements in
the Inspection Report before it is finalized.
6.
The Report can help you (and your RE professional) realistically price the
home if problems do exist.
7.
The Report will help substantiate a higher asking price if problems don't
exist or have been corrected.
8. A Seller’s
Pre-Listing Inspection reveals problems ahead of time which:
•Often make the home show better…
•Gives you the time to make repairs and shop for competitive contractors (a benefit lost if pursued after a Buyer’s Inspection)…
•Enables you to attached repair estimates or paid invoices to the inspection report…
•Removes over-inflated, buyer-procured estimates from the negotiation table…
••••
9. The Report can alert your to
any immediate safety issues found (before other RE agents and 18 visitors tour
the home).
10. The Report
provides a 3rd-party, unbiased opinion to offer to potential buyers.
11. A Seller’s
Inspection permits a clean home inspection report to be used as a marketing
tool.
12. A Seller’s
Inspection is the ultimate gesture in forthrightness on your part and that of
your RE professional.
13. The Seller’s
Report often relieves a prospective buyer’s unfounded suspicions, before they
walk away.
14. A Seller’s
Inspection often reduces lengthy negotiations and eliminates 11th hour
renegotiations.
15. The Report,
at times, serves to encourage a buyer to waive the inspection contingency.
16. The deal is
less likely to fall apart the way they often do when a buyer’s inspection
reveals a problem last minute.
17. Your Seller’s
Inspection report provides full-disclosure protection from future legal claims.
Common Myths About Seller
Inspections
Q. Don't seller inspections kill
deals by forcing sellers to disclose defects they otherwise wouldn't have
known about?
A. Any defect that is material
enough to kill a real estate transaction is likely going to be uncovered
eventually anyway. It is best to discover the problem ahead of time, before it
can kill the deal.
Q. Isn't a home inspector's
liability increased by having his/her reports be seen by potential buyers?
A. No. There is no liability in
having your seller permit someone who doesn't buy the property see your
report. And there is less liability in having a buyer rely on your old report
when the buyer is not your client and has been warned not to rely on your
report, than it is to work directly for the buyer and have him be entitled to
rely on your report.
Q. A newer home in good
condition doesn't need an inspection anyway. Why should the seller have one
done?
A. Unlike real estate agents
whose job it is to market properties for their sellers, inspectors produce
objective reports. If the property is truly in great shape the inspection
report becomes a pseudo marketing piece with the added benefit of having been
generated by an impartial party.
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